horse racing

"Hellsmouth, a willful thoroughbred filly with the blood of Triple Crown winners flowing through her veins, has the legacy of the Forges riding on her. One of the oldest and proudest families in Kentucky, the Forge family is as mythicas the history of the South itself. Descended from one of the first settlers to brave the Gap, Henry Forge, through anact of naked ambition, is attempting to blaze a new path, breeding horses on the family's crop farm. His daughter, Henrietta, becomes his partner in the endeavor, although shehas desires of her own. Their conflict escalates when AllmonShaughnessy, a black man fresh from prison, comes to work inthe stables, and the ugliness of the farm's past and the exigencies of appetite become evident. Together, the three stubbornly try to create a new future through sheer will--one that isn't written in their very fabric--while they mold Hellsmouth into a champion."--Provided by publisher.

Cree Thunderboy, a young blues guitar player, risks everything when he signs on to pick winning horses at the racetrack for a violent mobster.

A thirteen-year-old newly-freed slave faces the challenges of freedom and horse racing as he pursues his dream of becoming a famous jockey in Civil War Kentucky and New York.

In Kentucky, during the Civil War, the twelve-year-old slave Gabriel, contends with a cruel new horse trainer and skirmishes with Confederate soldiers as he pursues his dream of becoming a jockey.

Young wine merchant Tony Beach's exposure of a liquor scam sparks a brutal murder and forces the corruption in the liquor industry to spread into the realm of thoroughbred horse racing.

"A teen girl's quest to find her mother leads her to the big city, and gives her the courage to fulfill her dream of becoming a jockey."--Provided by publisher.

Jo Anne Normile fell in love with a thoroughbred foal born into her arms. The breeder said she could keep the colt but only if she raced him. So Jo Anne named the colt "Baby" and set out to keep her promise when he was old enough. Jo Anne fell hard for the "sport of kings" but under the magic she saw all the bad things. For every Seabiscuit there are tens of thousands of racehorses whose lives end in pain and despair because of the indifference and corruption that runs rampant through the world of horse racing. When Jo Anne experienced an accident on a poorly maintained tract, she knew she had to found the most successful horse rescue in the country---an organization that would go on to save more horses than anyone else ever had.

Stripes, a zebra left behind by the circus, grows up on a farm believing himself to be a horse, and becomes determined to participate in the big race.

Cale and her father nurse an injured horse back to health and dream of winning a big horse race. Dreamer, loosely based on a true story, is the story of a Kentucky horse trainer and his daughter who rescue a horse with a broken leg. The two then help nurse the animal back to health and take it to race in the Breeders' Cup. Along the way, father and daughter discover that they have a lot more in common than they ever imagined. Dakota Fanning, Kurt Russell, Elisabeth Shue, and Kris Kristoferson head the cast.

An illustrated biography of Seabiscuit, a funny looking horse with a losing streak who was bought and given a second chance by Charles Howard, and after new training and a loving jockey, became a record-breaking racehorse and national celebrity.